Blessings Chinsinga

1.3k total citations
54 papers, 626 citations indexed

About

Blessings Chinsinga is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Safety Research and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Blessings Chinsinga has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 626 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 12 papers in Safety Research and 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Blessings Chinsinga's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (8 papers). Blessings Chinsinga is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (15 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (8 papers). Blessings Chinsinga collaborates with scholars based in Malawi, United Kingdom and South Africa. Blessings Chinsinga's co-authors include Michael Chasukwa, Colin Poulton, Peter Mvula, Lars Otto Næss, Joseph Awetori Yaro, Samuel A. Levy, Carlos Barahona, Dan Banik, Emily Polack and Nana Akua Anyidoho and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Journal of International Development and Development Policy Review.

In The Last Decade

Blessings Chinsinga

51 papers receiving 519 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Blessings Chinsinga Malawi 15 337 155 147 90 90 54 626
Madhur Gautam United States 16 377 1.1× 224 1.4× 117 0.8× 83 0.9× 216 2.4× 33 760
Jesper Kühl Spain 3 213 0.6× 154 1.0× 152 1.0× 80 0.9× 216 2.4× 5 598
Lotsmart Fonjong Cameroon 14 125 0.4× 120 0.8× 119 0.8× 51 0.6× 58 0.6× 40 504
Shashidhara Kolavalli United States 15 297 0.9× 174 1.1× 58 0.4× 34 0.4× 134 1.5× 30 560
Björn Van Campenhout Belgium 16 306 0.9× 130 0.8× 149 1.0× 134 1.5× 335 3.7× 54 848
Jennifer Leavy United Kingdom 15 293 0.9× 198 1.3× 263 1.8× 150 1.7× 127 1.4× 37 812
Ian Urey United Kingdom 7 250 0.7× 121 0.8× 89 0.6× 37 0.4× 172 1.9× 12 481
Béatrice Knerr Germany 9 178 0.5× 90 0.6× 206 1.4× 80 0.9× 102 1.1× 19 482
Mylène Kherallah United States 10 285 0.8× 152 1.0× 64 0.4× 30 0.3× 196 2.2× 15 540
Steven Were Omamo United States 13 362 1.1× 212 1.4× 76 0.5× 73 0.8× 229 2.5× 29 637

Countries citing papers authored by Blessings Chinsinga

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blessings Chinsinga

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blessings Chinsinga

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere, et al.. (2023). Assessing the relationship between digital divide and citizens’ political participation in Africa. Development Southern Africa. 40(6). 1258–1276. 3 indexed citations
2.
Matita, Mirriam, et al.. (2022). Determinants of smallholder farmers’ livelihood trajectories. Evidence from rural Malawi. Agrekon. 61(4). 399–411. 3 indexed citations
3.
Chinsinga, Blessings, et al.. (2022). Using political settlements analysis to explain poverty trends in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda and Tanzania. World Development. 153. 105827–105827. 3 indexed citations
4.
Chinsinga, Blessings & Colin Poulton. (2021). The Political Economy of Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa. OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies). 4 indexed citations
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Banik, Dan & Blessings Chinsinga. (2016). Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 10 indexed citations
6.
Chinsinga, Blessings. (2016). The Green Belt Initiative, Politics and Sugar Production in Malawi. Journal of Southern African Studies. 43(3). 501–515. 26 indexed citations
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Mortimore, Michael, Joseph Awetori Yaro, Ward Anseeuw, et al.. (2015). Africa's Land Rush. 38 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2015). Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience by Ephraim Chirwa and Andrew Dorward Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 320. £55 (pbk). The Journal of Modern African Studies. 53(2). 259–261. 2 indexed citations
9.
Chinsinga, Blessings. (2013). Deconstructing the Success Myth: A Case of the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). 2 indexed citations
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Chasukwa, Michael & Blessings Chinsinga. (2013). Slapping Accountability in the Face: Observance of Accountability in Malawi's Local Governments in the Absence of Councilors. International Journal of Public Administration. 36(5). 354–366. 8 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings & Michael Chasukwa. (2012). Policy Brief No. 55. The Green Belt Initiative and Land Grabs in Malawi. 2 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2012). Policy Brief No. 46. Seeds and subsidies: the political economy of input support programmes in Malawi. 1 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2007). Policy Brief No. 13. Reclaiming Policy Space: Lessons from Malawi's Fertiliser Subsidy Programme. 1 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2007). 4 - District Assemblies in a Fix: The Perils of Self-Seeking Tendencies in Decentralisation Policy Reforms in Malawi. Africa Development. 32(1). 3 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2007). The Social Protection Policy in Malawi: Processes, Politics and Challenges.. 10 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2005). District Assemblies in a fix: the perils of the politics of capacity in the political and administrative reforms in Malawi. Development Southern Africa. 22(4). 529–548. 14 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2004). Poverty and Food Security in Malawi: Some Policy Reflections on the Context of Crumbling Traditional Support Systems. Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement. 25(2). 321–341. 16 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2003). The Role of Information Education and Communication (IEC) in Poverty Reduction Efforts: The Case of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF). Journal of sustainable development in Africa. 5(1). 49–63. 1 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2003). Lack of Alternative Leadership in Democratic Malawi: Some Reflections Ahead of the 2004 General Elections. Nordic journal of African studies. 12(1). 1–22. 10 indexed citations
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Chinsinga, Blessings. (2003). The participatory development approach under a microscope: the case of the poverty alleviation programme in Malawi. Journal of Social Development in Africa. 18(1). 7 indexed citations

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